Bengaluru, June 13 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for nine districts of Karnataka on Friday, following relentless monsoon rains that have already claimed two lives in Hubballi-Dharwad and triggered widespread flooding and disruption. In Dharwad district, a 31-year-old farmer, Shivayya Basayya Vatnalmath, lost his life when the tractor he was driving overturned in a stream near Hanchinal village of Kundgol taluk on Wednesday. In another incident, 58-year-old Hussainsab Kalasa went missing after his two-wheeler was swept away by an overflowing drain at Nekar Nagar in Hubballi. His pillion rider was rescued by passersby. The IMD's red alert covers Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi, Dharwad,...